it has to be said though that its mainly offensive because it kinda swapped over from america through american cultural exports like movies germany in general has very little historical baggage when it comes to colonialism or slave trade its more of a case of moralizing busybodies trying to be extra morally just by tainting an innocent word while trying to emulate american progressives who rightfully oppose the term nigger as it carries some very heavy historical connotations since the cultural shift started in germany you can also see the same euphemism treadmill that is happening in america where we went from neger to schwarzer to farbiger etc